Conflict In In The Penalty Box By Lynn Rush

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The three conflicts in the book, “In The Penalty Box” by Lynn Rush, are person vs person, person vs self, and person vs person. To begin, the first conflict in the book is person vs. person when Pax disagrees with Willow joining the hockey team. Willow is the first ever girl to join the Woodhaven hockey team. For example, Pax is furious at the fact Willow made the team: “‘We got chicks on our team now?’ Pax slammed his locker shut. ‘We are a freaking joke’. We'll be the laughingstock of the league.’” (pg.112) Pax admits that he is ashamed and embarrassed to have a girl on the team. Pax is worried how the other teams will view Woodhaven now that there is a girl on the team. He doesn't think that Willow earned her spot on the team and this is displayed later when the roster is finalized and Pax tells Willow she is only on the team because Josiah was injured. …show more content…

Throughout the book, Willow demonstrated perseverance by joining the hockey team to get stronger, practicing figure skating everyday, and applying to other skating teams: “‘Will you video me?’. ‘I thought you sent out videos already?’ ‘Oh, I did.’ She slouched slightly. ‘I got two rejections but there are a few out still’” (pg.239) This quote is evidence that Willow isn't scared of rejection and is eager to catch her dream of becoming an Olympic figure skater. Every day she works hard. She plays on the men's hockey team, she works out, and yet still finds time to practice figure skating. She is dedicated to recovering and getting back on track to becoming an Olympic skater and won't let anything stop

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